Coast Guardsmen posing with South Pacifc islanders
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Two Coast Guardsmen posing with four native South Pacific Islanders in uniforms. Official caption on reverse: "3113. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. COAST GUARDSMEN MAKE FRIENDS OF SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS. Coast Guardsmen, manning an American transport in the South Pacific, receive a cordial reception from a group of natives on a British-held island. The Coast Guardsmen are: John P. Lynch of Des Moines, Iowa, left, and Joseph V. Allote of San Francisco, Cal." Location unknown. No date
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1943
1945
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Items from the service of John J. Scanlan Jr., who served in the United States Coast Guard. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Scanlan worked for a newspaper prior to joining the Coast Guard. During the war, he acquired photographs published by the Public Relations Division of the United States Coast Guard. The collection consists of photographs from most of the theaters of operations and depict life in the field and aboard a ship for Coast Guardsmen and Marines. Also included is a satirical piece of military correspondence. See collection 2012.321 for more items from the collection subject.
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Pacific Islands
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Indigenous peoples--Pacific Islands
Ships--American--Pacific Ocean